Reevaluating Hand Stencil Phenomena in Cave Art: A Step Forward towards the Characterization of Symbolic Patterns during the Upper #Palaeolithic in Europe.
Palaeolithic art offers a unique window into understanding prehistoric societies. Thus, the iconography, techniques and stylistic features of the Upper Palaeolithic form the basis of research and are potentially valuable sources of information about cultural and knowledge exchange networks.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/reevaluating-hand-stencil-phenomena-in-cave-art-a-step-forward-towards-the-characterization-of-symbolic-patterns-during-the-upper-palaeolithic-in-europe/E867DBB1487323B415E401E3CCEF2042 #globalmuseum #caveart

What do you see in this picture?

#CaveArt

The cave the #art was found in is well known, containing many depictions. It is on the island of #Sulawesi in #Indonesia

No one paid much attention to these faint hand stencils on a ceiling, there were much more fanciful drawings about. But recently chemical analysis showed these stencils are about 67,800 years old: 15,000 years older than any previously known ancient cave art

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-cave-art-ever-found-discovered-in-indonesia/

#Archaeology #Science

What do you see in this picture?

#CaveArt

The cave the #art was found in is well known, containing many depictions. It is on the island of #Sulawesi in #Indonesia

No one paid much attention to these faint hand stencils on a ceiling, there were much more fanciful drawings about. But recently chemical analysis showed these stencils are about 67,800 years old: 15,000 years older than any previously known ancient cave art

😲

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-cave-art-ever-found-discovered-in-indonesia/

#Archaeology #Science